亠 Radical 8 — a lid, a top; the cap sitting on a character
tóu (second tone, rising)
a lid, a top; the cap sitting on a character
Radical 82 strokes0 characters
Where the shape comes from
A short horizontal with a dot resting on it — something laid over the top. It is never a word on its own; dictionaries simply call it tóu, "the head". It caps 六, 京, 高, 市, 交 and 亮, characters whose upper element was once a roof, a hat or a cover of some kind.
characters filed under 亠
No published character on HSK Guide is filed under this radical yet. Character explorer.